Merry & Bright

 Today's card is for the Fusion challenge and Darnell's NBUS challenge.  I was inspired by the sketch from Fusion and turned it 90 degrees to the right for a landscape layout.  I broke out these Lawn Fawn Christmas light dies for the first time and popped the lights up on foam tape for some dimension.  They were so easy to use.  Why have I waited so long???

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green, Basic Grey, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Black & White Stripes 6x6) My Favourite Things

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Snow Day) Lawn Fawn

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (String of Lights) Lawn Fawn

Other:  (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

Woofing You

 

I've got a little CAS number today for the AAA Cards 7th birthday celebration.  This is the first time I've inked up this MFT pup so I'm also going to play along with Darnell's NBUS challenge.  I also broke out these Essential Circles dies from EBE for the first time to help in my continuing quest to use up my patterned paper one scrap at a time!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Tempting Turquoise) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Happy Hooray 6x6) Pebbles

Stamps:  (All from Woof Pack) My Favourite Things

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Essential Circles) Essentials by Ellen

Markers:  (R27, E33, E35, E37, 100) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo Red Berry Crystal Drops) Tonic

Peek-A-Boo Elephant

 Today' card is for the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge.  I recently got these Avery Elle Peek-a-Book Pals stamps and thought they'd be perfect for this layout and since I'm using them for the first time I'm going to join in with Darnell's NBUS challenge.  I spent way too long dithering about which patterned paper to use but finally decided on this random piece that I found (no idea who made it) and decided on the green cardstock to make that one green stripe in the paper pop out.  Also since I had everything out I made a second card with a slightly different layout.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Granny Apple Green) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper

Stamps:  (All from Peek-a-Boo Pals) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Stitched circle) Heffy Doodle

Markers:  (BG09, C1, C3, C5) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo White Crystal Drops) Tonic

Birthday Rainbow

 

Another card from yesterday's crafty session.  This one is for The Colour Throwdown challenge. This colour combo is definitely not one I'd ever choose for myself but I decided to be brave and go for it.  And you know what?  I'm pretty happy with the end product!  This is also the first time I've used that Essentials by Ellen rainbow die so I'm going to play along with Darnell's NBUS challenge too.  :)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Perfect Plum, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Cake and Candles) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaMark) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Rainbow) essentials by Ellen, (Heart) My Favourite Things

Gems:  Recollections

Peace, Love & Paws

 

Today's card is for the MFT Sketch challenge and Darnell's NBUS challenge.  These MFT critters are fairly new so I'm proud at how quickly they've gotten put to use compared with so many other crafty supplies.  I made a couple of cards using 3 of the critters from the set and swapped out the red stripes for green for some of them.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Gumball Green, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Red) Adornit, (Green) Doodlebug

Stamps:  (All from Peace, Love & Paws) My Favourite Things

Ink:  (VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Embossing Powder: (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Markers:  (R11, R29, G04, C1, C3, C5, W1, W3, W5) Copic

Other:  (Nuvo English Mustard Crystal Drops) Tonic

Outline Alpha Birthday

 

Hello there!

I've got a card today for three challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches, Freshly Made Sketches and Darnell's NBUS challenge.  I broke out these Concord & 9th outline alphabet dies for the first time and used them to create some sentiment only cards.  I had to cut the letters from all 3 cardstock colours so I ended up making 3 cards.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Birthday from Happy Snappy Crocs) Heffy Doodle

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Dies:  (Double Cut Alpha) Concord & 9th, (Classic Rectangles Large, Long Classic Rectangles Large) Spellbinders

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

    

Textured Triangles

Hello!

I've got a card today for the Just Add Ink challenge where we are to Just Choose 2: Flowers - Trees - Texture.  (I went for flowers & texture).  I've had this card base sitting on my desk for ages on which I used pink tinted texture paste with a MFT Tiny Triangles stencil.  I was rummaging through my Altenew stamps earlier and came across this never before used flower set.  I thought it would really pop against the pink if I kept it simple and stamped it in black.  I added a touch of yellow to their centres and then a yellow sentiment block to tie it together.  I'll also be playing along with the July NBUS challenge since this is the first time these flowers have seen ink.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (All from Frosted Garden) Altenew

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black Black) Tsukineko, (Regal Rose) Stampin' Up, (Limoncello) Catherine Pooler

Stencil:  (Tiny Triangles) My Favourite Things

Embossing Paster:  Dreamweaver Stencils

Other:  (Nuvo Oyster Grey Crystal Drops) Tonic

Rockin' Guitar

I've got a card today for 3 challenges - CAS Colours & Sketches, Freshly Made Sketches and Darnell's NBUS challenge.  This is the first time I've used this Taylored Expressions guitar image and I just realised I've put it together backwards.  *sigh*  It really has been one of those days.  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Daffodil Delight, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Guitar from You're My Hero) Taylored Expressions, (Pattern from So 80s) WPlus9, (Sentiment from Label Love) Altenew

Inks:  (Lovely Lipstick, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up, (Cement Gray) My Favourite Things

Die:  (Floral Squares) Pinkfresh

Other:  (Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops) Tonic

Caffeinated Shark

Tonight I have a card for Darnell's NBUS challenge and another card for the Colour Throwdown challenge.  I have a whole bunch of these caffeinated critters from The Rabbit Hole Designs and so far I've only used one of them.  Definitely time to remedy that situation!  I love the sentiment that goes with this shark (Hello, Jaws!) although the movie definitely inflicted some damage on my psyche as a child.  Because he needs a bigger cup I thought it would be funny if I tucked him into this Lil' Inker Designs mug.  Some mornings I feel like I could definitely do with a coffee mug that size!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black) Stampin; Up

Stamps:  (Shark & sentiment from Caffeinated Shark) The Rabbit Hole Designs, (Shadow) Paper Smooches

Inks:  (VersaMark, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko, (Crumb Cake) Stampin; Up

Embossing Powder:  (Opaque Bright White Super Fine) Wow

Dies:  (Mug) Lil' Inker Designs, (Flag) My Favourite Things

Markers:  (R59, E35, C1, C3, C5) Copic

CASology #139

Welcome to Week 139 of CASology!  Take a look at the cue word for this week:

You bowled us over last week with all your gorgeous blossoms and made it really tough to pick a winner.  This week's cue word is a little bit trickier but I'm excited to see what everyone comes up with.  I used some NBUS Paper Smooches stamps and paper pieced my shoes with some Studio Calico scraps.  Simple but fun and sassy!  And now it's your turn. Check out the gorgeous designs by the rest of the design team and then play along!

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Gillian Ross (Taking a break)

Hazel Hodgkins

Joyce Mehrberg 

Judy Marino

Kimberly Wiener 

Kymona Tracey

May Sukyong Park

Melissa Chipperfield

Tracey McNeely

And this week's guest designer:

Loli

Link your creations to the CASology blog and remember that the deadline for entries is Monday at noon (CST).

Since I've used some NBUS I'm going to link up to Darnell's latest NBUS challenge!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Patterned Paper:  (Atlantic 6x6) Studio Calico

Stamps:  (All from Retail Therapy) Paper Smooches

Inks: (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Regal Rose) Stampin' Up

Gems:  Recollections  

Fusion Friend

***This is my third post for the day.  For my Colour Throwdown post please scroll down or click here!***

Hi again!  I've got a two for one challenge here today.  I'm playing along with the Fusion challenge and also Darnell's NBUS challenge.  I love the rainbow of colours in the Fusion photo - so very yummy! They were my main inspiration for my card (although there's also a slight nod to the sketch).  I used my circle scribbles dies for the first time here which are my NBUS.  I then inked the sentiment in coordinating ink colours and spritzed them with some water before stamping.  I used regular white cardstock instead of watercolor paper and I kind of like the marbled effect it gave to the ink.  Okay, that's it for me today. I'll see you tomorrow!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Sentiment from Super Script) Altenew

Inks:  (Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Real Red, Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Dies:  (Small scribble circle) Papertrey Ink

Gems:  Recollections